Anthony Cole Training
JANUARY 21, 2020
In the 2nd post in our "2020: The Year for Sales Growth" blog series, our Founder and CLO Tony Cole, discusses the importance of maintaining core sales values within an organization, how these values relate to organized sports, the erosion of these said core values, and the impact they have (or can have) on your attempt to grow your sales organization and sales numbers in 2020.
Women Sales Pros
JANUARY 24, 2020
Guest post by Maria Tribble, VP, Enterprise Sales, PathFactory [Note from Lori Richardson: This is an important post and I’m so thrilled Maria wrote it to share originally on Linkedin and gave us permission to post and share through Women Sales Pros. If it resonates with you, please share it as well. ] Maria says: This has been my part of my internal narrative and experience as a woman, a mother, and a technology sales professional.
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SalesProInsider
JANUARY 22, 2020
Have you ever heard the saying, “ Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?”. It’s the same with value in the eye of the buyer. Buyers pay attention to the “beauty” or value that is most important to them; and can get confused, sidetracked, or start to debate the cost for items they don’t see of value. More Isn’t Always Better . That’s why, when I heard a speaker at a conference tell the audience they should have a long list of specific components and features for ALL the potential services they off
Membrain
JANUARY 19, 2020
A buying decision is a change management problem well before it is a solution choice issue. People don't want to buy anything; they want to resolve a problem in the least disruptive way.
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What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.
G2
JANUARY 22, 2020
Landing pages can be the make or break of your lead acquisition strategy.
Salesmate
JANUARY 23, 2020
Conceptual Selling® methodology is used for planning and executing customer interactions. This methodology ensures that businesses follow a customer-centric behavior and align sales activities with customers’ decision-making process. Conceptual Selling® was founded on one basic fact. Customers don’t buy a product or a service – they buy the concept that the solution is based on.
Technology Sales Today brings together the best content for technology sales professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
SaaStr
JANUARY 21, 2020
Justin Welsh, former SVP of Sales at PatientPop explains how he started in SaaS in 2009 as the second sales hire at Zocdoc. Justin used Sales Culture to grow a successful PatientPop team to 140 employees and 55 million in revenue. Want to see more content like this? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020. Justin Welsh | SVP Sales @ PatientPop. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.
Membrain
JANUARY 22, 2020
Smart Selling Tools (SST) released its 2019 sales technology benchmark survey recently*, with data comparisons against 2017. Much of the report validates what we already know about sales tech: That it continues to grow at a breath-taking rate. But the details of the report should give us all pause as we reflect on the future of the sales industry.
SalesLoft
JANUARY 22, 2020
Like it or not, brands like Amazon set the gold standard for buyer experience. They made it so easy for consumers to get what they want (and what they didn’t even know they wanted). And with that, Amazon made salespeople’s lives much harder. How did they do it? Well, in addition to being expert data collectors, Amazon mastered the art of meeting the buyer where they are.
Sales Hacker
JANUARY 20, 2020
We all get a lot of emails. But if you ask anyone who has had a “C” or a “VP” at the front of their title, you’ll quickly learn that most modern executives face a firehose of sales reps, recruiters, marketers, and pick-your-brain-over-coffee-ers making direct requests for their time every day. Executives read so many cold emails, they get a front-row seat to the most overused email templates and the worst email writing habits.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
G2
JANUARY 22, 2020
There are thousands of people looking for passive income ideas online.
Engage Selling
JANUARY 24, 2020
Could your sales team be forgetting about this crucial step? Recently, I was coaching a sales manager and we discovered that their inside store reps thought they were too busy to do a proper quote.
Sales Gravy
JANUARY 19, 2020
Can introverts sell? Jeb Blount author of Sales EQ, and Mathew Pollard author of The Introvert's Edge, break down the myths about introverts and selling. In part one of this series, you'll learn why successful introverts employ a consistent, repeatable sales system. Listen to Part Two of Introverts Can Sell Listen to Part Three of Introverts Can Sell Listen to Part Four of Introverts Can Sell Listen to Part Five of Introverts Can Sell Listen to Part Six of Introverts Can Sell Can introverts sel
RAIN Group
JANUARY 22, 2020
Everyone says, "Sell value, drive value, make sure buyers both perceive and receive exceptional value from you, and your sales teams will be more successful.".
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive
Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!
SaaStr
JANUARY 21, 2020
By Avanish Sahai, Google Cloud VP of ISV & Application Partners. At SaaStr Annual, we’ll be sharing stories of how a few of our SaaS partners enable enterprises to change the way they do business. I am a former CXO and current investor and board member in the B2B software space. For several years, I was also the leader of the Salesforce AppExchange, the first “born in the cloud” ISV and technology partner ecosystem, and saw many companies in their journey from inception to exit.
Heinz Marketing
JANUARY 22, 2020
By Lisa Heay , Marketing Planning Manager at Heinz Marketing. Lead nurturing tends to be a misunderstood tactic. We often see companies whose nurture programs are filled with product and company-centric messaging, and the cadence may last 4 weeks, yet their average sales cycle is 9 months long. These emails are sent to cold prospects, and companies wonder why response rates are low—their nurture programs “just aren’t performing”.
Partners in Excellence
JANUARY 21, 2020
Talking about CRM is sure to provoke huge amounts of discussion, pro and con, about these tools. First, it’s a huge revenue generation sector for the CRM providers. I’m told it’s roughly $40B/annually. And I’m not certain that includes revenues for all the apps that depend on CRM. Second, in spite of the billions we spend, a friend I trust says there is data showing utilization is around 26%.
Engage Selling
JANUARY 24, 2020
When it comes to hiring, the number one skill or behavior to look for is teachability/coachability. As a manager, you want people who don’t think they know it all.
Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions
Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!
Hubspot
JANUARY 24, 2020
When I first started blogging, I had no idea how to structure my posts to rank for search engines, or even why it was important. I just threw in bolded words and phrases that looked good, and hoped to be randomly selected for the search engine results page (SERP). Now, I know there is a science, and what I was throwing into my blog posts to make them look professional was called header tags — which is an important tool for comprehension and SEO.
Heinz Marketing
JANUARY 23, 2020
By Matt Heinz , President & Founder at Heinz Marketing. For many marketers working in B2B organizations, the primary goal is to generate new demand (leads, MQLs and the like). And with many more advanced marketing teams, the goal is more focused on sales pipeline contribution and revenue influence. And while early stage companies maybe focused on new bookings and top-line growth, companies looking to maximize valuation and accelerate growth are often focused just as much (if not more) on th
Closer's Coffee
JANUARY 22, 2020
Chris Buckner, CEO of Mainline, wasn’t the kid outrunning his own lemonade stand but now finds himself leading one of the top collegiate esports companies. In this episode of Closer’s Coffee, Carlos Figarella and Chris talk about the growing esports industry, starting a business, and bad first dates. Closer’s Coffee is a social media platform that champions sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and hustlers around the world.
SaaStr
JANUARY 20, 2020
Q: What will SaaS companies look like in the future? I’m no brilliant futurist, but here’s what I see in the best SaaS companies today, so I assume will be table-stakes going forward: The Bay Area will remain a draw, but mainly as a small-ish HQ. Everyone will become distributed by employee #10. Yes, this has started, but in a few years, it will be the default.
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Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten
Hubspot
JANUARY 23, 2020
From a buyer's perspective, customers tend to feel more obligated to make a purchase from someone they might trust, relate to, or idolize. That's why celebrity endorsements are so effective. Celebrities can often persuade a buyer to click "purchase" when they otherwise might've hesitated. Additionally, celebrity endorsements can be highly profitable.
SalesLoft
JANUARY 21, 2020
Rahim Fazal has a fascinating backstory: After being fired from McDonald’s, he and a friend started a business in high school and quickly sold it for millions. Today as CEO of SV Academy, he’s a crusader for increasing diversity in how people get hired, trained, and developed into leadership positions. He and Jeremey talk about whether Rahim regrets not getting an undergraduate degree, the importance of having access to mentors, and how leaders can begin to shatter the elitism that exists in hir
Partners in Excellence
JANUARY 23, 2020
Pause for a moment. Look at your qualified pipeline. Start at the bottom. Can you identify the problem the customer is trying to solve? Or the opportunity they are trying to address? I ask this in every deal review I participate in. At least 80% of the time, the response I get is, “They are trying to buy…… ” or, “We are selling… ” We always tend to define the customer business problems in terms of what we sell, not what the customer is trying to do–
SaaStr
JANUARY 24, 2020
Q: What should a startup know before rejecting an outside investor? Know they may not be there later. Investing in start-ups is very risky. Not only do most start-ups fail, but it is more than that. It’s really hard to do enough diligence in enough time: It’s hard to really get to know the team that well. You might have literally just met them. And often, they will have zero real track record, or close to zero.
Speaker: Evelyn Chou
Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.
Hubspot
JANUARY 23, 2020
Did you know that 40% of LinkedIn's 500 million members visit the platform daily? If you're a professional who wants to branch out as a thought leader in your industry, LinkedIn is an excellent place to gain visibility, demonstrate your credibility or expertise, and create valuable discussions within your industry's community. Why would you want to be a LinkedIn thought leader?
Openview
JANUARY 21, 2020
The post Intezer Raises $15M for Its DNA-Style ‘Genetic’ Approach to Identifying and Tracking Malware Code appeared first on OpenView.
Selling Power
JANUARY 22, 2020
Here’s why your passion for selling leads to superior results in sales and account management roles.
SaaStr
JANUARY 24, 2020
We launched registration for 2020 SaaStrAnnual.com March 10-11-12 this week and while it is too early to tell which sessions will be the most packed (some aren’t even out / up yet), we can say with certainty that at least the hottest 20 sessions so far will be full to the brim. Still over 10,000 attendees haven’t picked sessions yet so this list will certainly change by March 10, but for fun, here are the 20 Hottest Sessions at 2020 Annual, at least right now: Masterclass: The Top 10
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego
Maximizing sales rep performance is no easy task. 📈 Traditional sales training methods focus heavily on the first few weeks in the sales role. Companies dedicate time, resources, and budget to onboarding new hires, only for them to forget what was learned in those first few weeks, lose motivation, and struggle to come to grips with their role.
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